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Households see a rise in inflationary pressures for year ahead: RBI survey

Consumer confidence stable; fairly optimistic about economy, employment, income

Sensex ends 304 pts up, Nifty tests 21,000 as RBI leaves rates untouched

Closing Bell on December 8, 2023: The BSE Sensex touched a high of 69,894, whil the Nifty hit a peak at 21,006. Infosys, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank were the major movers on Friday.

RBI MPC meet highlights: Inflation is our top priority, says Guv Das

RBI monetary policy: The RBI also decided to maintain its policy stance at "withdrawal of accommodation"

Curtail consumption loans, unsecured loans with undefined end use: RBI DG

Deputy Governor Swaminathan J on Friday said the Reserve Bank wants the lenders to "curtail" consumption loans or unsecured credit, where the end-use is undefined. In the comments, which come within weeks of the RBI raising risk weights on unsecured lending to protect financial stability, Swaminathan clarified that the intent of the RBI is not to deny or ration credit. Replying to a question on whether fears of unsecured loans being used to punt on the equity market led the RBI to put some restrictions on unsecured lending, Governor Shaktikanta Das said the question is "very hypothetical" but admitted that there have been some anecdotal write-ups. " What we would like to curtail and expect the lending institutions to provide for more by way of additional risk weight, is some of those consumption-led segments or unsecured credit which do not have a defined end use," Swaminathan told reporters. He said, if there has been a recalibration of the growth number in such credit which sugge

RBI policy: EMIs won't go up immediately, housing bull run to continue

The RBI has been raising this rate since May 2022 to tackle high inflation. For borrowers, this meant higher interest rates on their loans

RBI MPC: Repo rate kept unchanged at 6.5%, FY24 GDP estimate hiked to 7%

RBI MPC: Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee decides to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5% and also keeps the FY24 inflation forecast unchanged at 5.4%

RBI monetary policy announcement: When, where to watch and what to expect?

RBI MPC meeting: The meeting of the six-member committee started on December 6 in Mumbai and will end with the announcement of Governor Shaktikanta Das on December 8

TMS Ep581: Pandemic-preparedness, internet growth, markets, 10,000-yr clock

Is India prepared for the next pandemic? What is holding back India's internet growth? What should you do with rate-sensitive stocks? What is Jeff Bezos' 10,000-year clock? All answers here

TMS Ep580: Q2 GDP numbers, Chennai calamity, RBI MPC, trading hours

What does a deeper dive into Q2 GDP numbers reveal? Could the Chennai calamity have been avoided? How will the RBI monetary policy impact markets? What are trading hours? All answers here

Govt bond yields dip marginally tracking US peers, RBI policy stays key

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to hold rates at 6.50% for a fifth consecutive meeting at its monetary policy meeting on Friday, according to a Reuters poll

RBI's MPC meet begins amid expectations of status quo on interest rate

The RBI's high-powered rate setting panel on Wednesday began its 3-day brainstorming on the next set of bi-monthly monetary policy amid expectation of continued pause on the short-term key lending rate as GDP growth is gaining momentum, and inflation manageable. RBI left the benchmark policy rate (repo) unchanged in its past four bi-monthly monetary policies. It had last increased the repo rate in February to 6.5 per cent, thus ending the interest rate hike cycle which began in May 2022 in the aftermath of Russia-Ukraine war and subsequent disruptions in the global supply chain resulting in high inflation in the country. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das would unveil the decision of the six-member MPC (Monetary Policy Committee) on December 8. On expectations from the MPC, Aditi Nayar, Chief Economist at ICRA said with the GDP data for the second quarter of 2023-24 appreciably higher than the MPC's last forecast, and continuing concerns on various aspects of food inflation, "we expect th

RBI to hold rates at 6.50% through mid-2024, cut seen in Q3: Poll

All 64 economists in the Nov. 17-30 Reuters poll expected the central bank to hold the repo rate at 6.50% at the conclusion of its Dec. 6-8 meeting

RBI likely selling US dollars to defend rupee from sliding to record low

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India is likely selling U.S. dollars again to defend the rupee and keep it from sliding to a record low, three traders told Reuters on Thursday

China's CLSA ups India exposure on supportive macroeconomic outlook

Brokerage goes 303 bps overweight on domestic markets in MSCI Asia Pac ex-Japan portfolio

RBI to issue framework for SRO recognition for regulated entities

Regulator will also harmonise rules for internal ombudsman mechanism of REs

Sensex adds 364 pts, Nifty nears 19650 post RBI policy; Bajaj Finserv up 6%

Closing Bell on October 6, 2023: The broader markets, too, advanced in-line with the benchmarks with the BSE MidCap and SmallCap index up 0.66 per cent and 0.56 per cent, respectively

RBI MPC LIVE: Original aim of Rs 2000 note withdrawal largely met, says Das

RBI policy: In the last bi-monthly announcement in August, the MPC decided to keep the benchmark repo rate unchanged at 6.5% for the third time in a row. Check all LIVE updates for today's MPC here

RBI MPC keeps repo rate unchanged, signals tight liquidity measures

Rate-setting panel considers high inflation as risk to macroeconomic stability and sustainable growth, says Shaktikanta Das

RBI MPC meeting: Key takeaways from Guv Shaktikanta Das' announcements

RBI MPC has decided to continue with the pause on repo rate at 6.5 per cent for the fourth time in a row

RBI MPC: When and where to watch policy announcement by Shaktikanta Das

Experts have said that RBI is likely to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent in view of elevated inflation and other global factors